Born in London on July 26, 1945, Helen Mirren is a descendant of Russian aristocracy. A veteran of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, she first appeared onscreen in 1967's Herostratus, followed by A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968).Mirren went to play notable roles in Excalibur; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; and the Emmy-winning lead in The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999). In 1991, she took on the first of seven incarnations as Jane Tennison in the BBC police procedural "Prime Suspect," for which the actress won two Emmys.
Mirren has also netted Oscar nods for The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001). She scored an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in a 2005 miniseries and won the Oscar portraying Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006). Three years later, Mirren earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations as Best Actress for The Last Station.
The TempestAfter years stranded on a deserted island, exiled duchess and sorceress Prospera (Helen Mirren) exacts vengeance on her enemies, whose passing vessel she has shipwrecked. What she doesn't know is that the ship also carries a potential suitor to her daughter (Felicity Jones). Writer-director Julie... Read More
Calendar GirlsThe members of the Knapely Women's Institute of North Yorkshire are resourceful and refined - and they're about to shock the residents of their little English town with a daringly bare philanthropy project. Read More
Losing ChaseHelen Mirren stars as Chase, a depressed wife and mother whose husband (Beau Bridges) takes her and the children to their summer home on Martha's Vineyard and hires an au pair, Elizabeth (Kyra Sedgwick), to help out in his absence -- an event that changes the two women forever. At first, Elizabeth... Read More
Painted LadyDown-and-out Irish folk singer Maggie sets out to avenge the death of her landlord, who was killed for her vast art collection. Pretending she's an art dealer, Maggie hunts down the killers, pulling her wrecked life together along the way. Read More
